JYU Applied Geochemistry & Lab Ch.7 Redox Reactions Part 1
Oxidation state: the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were 100% ionic Oxidation: Increase in oxidation state (of an atom, molecule, or ion) Reduction: Decrease in oxidation state Redox reactions: Reactions involving oxidation and reduction among the reactants due to electron transfer 1. Definitions
2. Theories
Significance Prediction of the stable redox species Procedures Calculation of water stability limits Setting up the system Construction redox reactions among the possible species Application of the Nernst equation obtaining the relation between pH and E H for each reaction Plot the pH-E H relation and define the stability field for each of the species on the diagram 3. pH-E H Diagram
Water stability limits Upper limit 0.5O 2 + 2H + + 2e - = H 2 O E=E o /2 log [H+]2P o2 0.5 E= pH (P o2 =1 atm) Lower limit 2H + + 2e - = H2 E=E o /2 log [H+]2/P H2 E=-0.059pH (P H2 =1 atm)
Outlined area shows the region delineated by Bass Becking et al. (1960) for a large number of measurements of natural waters. Small circles are ground-water samples (from Fish, 1993).
Fe-O-H system Possible species Fe 2+, Fe 3+, FeOH +, FeOH 2+, Fe(OH) 2 +, Fe(OH) 3 0, Fe(OH) 4 -, (FeOOH(am), Fe(OH) 3 ) Data Species G o f at 298K & 1bar Fe Fe FeOH Fe(OH) Fe(OH) Fe(OH) FeOH H2OH2O
Reactions Fe 3+ - Fe 2+ Fe 3+ + e - = Fe 2+ b G o f = = (kcal/mole) E o = 17.73/23.06=0.769 (v) E= log([Fe 2+ ]/[Fe 3+ ])=0.769 FeOH 2+ - Fe 2+ FeOH 2+ + H + + e - = Fe 2+ + H 2 O G o f = = (kcal/mole) E o = /23.06=0.898 (V) E= pH
Fe(OH) Fe 2+ Fe(OH) H + + e - = Fe H 2 O G o f = * = (kcal/mole) E o = /23.06=1.120 (V) E= pH Fe(OH) Fe 2+ Fe(OH) H + + e - = Fe H 2 O G o f = * = (kcal/mole) E o = /23.06=1.401 (V) E= pH
Fe(OH) Fe 2+ Fe(OH) H + + e - = Fe H 2 O G o f = * = (kcal/mole) E o = /23.06=1.920 (V) E= pH Fe 3+ - FeOH 2+ Fe 3+ + H 2 O = FeOH 2+ + H + G o f = =2.977 (kcal/mole) = * * log[H + ]=1.364pH pH=2.183
FeOH 2+ - Fe(OH) 2 + FeOH 2+ + H 2 O = Fe(OH) H + G o f = =5.117 (kcal/mole) = * * log[H + ]=1.364pH pH=3.751 Fe(OH) Fe(OH) 3 0 Fe(OH) H 2 O = Fe(OH) H + G o f = =6.487 (kcal/mole) = * * log[H + ]=1.364pH pH=4.756
Fe(OH) Fe(OH) 4 - Fe(OH) H 2 O = Fe(OH) H + G o f = = (kcal/mole) = * * log[H + ]=1.364pH pH=8.773 Fe 2+ - FeOH + Fe 2+ + H 2 O = FeOH + + H + G o f = = (kcal/mole) = * * log[H + ]=1.364pH pH=8.999
Fe(OH) FeOH + Fe(OH) H + + e - = FeOH + + 3H 2 O G o f = * = (kcal/mole) E o = /23.06=1.388 (V) E= pH